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Tuesday, January 14

Jan 12: Respiratory wards in Wuhan start to reach capacity.

Jan 13: Thailand reports its first case of the novel coronavirus.

Jan 14: WHO tweets that Chinese authorities have found no evidence of human to human spread. The Wuhan Municipal Health Committee states that they have not found evidence of human to human transmission, but it cannot be ruled out. This is repeated by the head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. The Democratic Presidential Primary Debate happens. *

WHO says there is no human to human spread

@WHO, Twitter, 01-14-2020, https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152?s=20

Los Angeles Times. 2020 Democratic Debate Highlights, January 14, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gE7TNRcbzc.

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World Health Organization, “Novel Coronavirus — China,” January 12, 2020, https://bit.ly/2VXL35t

ECDC. “Update: Cluster of Pneumonia Cases Associated with Novel Coronavirus – Wuhan, China – 2019.” European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, January 14, 2020. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/update-cluster-pneumonia-cases-associated-novel-coronavirus-wuhan-china-2019.

flightconnections.com, Non-stop international flights from Wuhan, China in January, 2020, https://web.archive.org/web/20200120171443/https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-wuhan-wuh

Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳. pic.twitter.com/Fnl5P877VG
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2020

Candidates are talking about climate change, yet they haven't uttered a word about Puerto Rico.

It's insane how much pain and suffering our people in Puerto Rico have endured, yet no one is talking about PR. #DemDebate
— Voto Latino (@votolatino) January 15, 2020

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“UN health agency urges China to continue search for source of new virus, as Thailand case emerges”. UN News. 13 January 2020.
“Novel Coronavirus 2019 | CDC”. www.cdc.gov. 13 January 2020. Archived
“WHO | Novel Coronavirus – Thailand (ex-China)”. WHO. 14 January 2020. Archived
Schnirring, Lisa (14 January 2020). “Report: Thailand’s coronavirus patient didn’t visit outbreak market”. CIDRAP. Archived
Li Yang Hsu, Po Ying Chia, and Jeremy FY Lim. (January 2020). “Opinion:The Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Epidemic”. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore website 4, pp. 1–3..
@WHO (14 January 2020). “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus…” (Tweet).
“WHO says new China coronavirus could spread, warns hospitals worldwide”. Reuters. 14 January 2020.
“新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情知识问答 (14 January 2020 )” (in Chinese). Wuhan Municipal Health Committee. Archived
Sarah Newey (14 January 2020). “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak”. The Telegraph.
“Wuhan virus has limited human-to-human transmission but could spread wider: WHO, East Asia News & Top Stories”. The Straits Times. 14 January 2020.
Lucey, Daniel; Sparrow, Annie (14 January 2020). “China Deserves Some Credit for Its Handling of the Wuhan Pneumonia”. Foreign Policy. Archived
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The Associated Press. (15 April 2020). “China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days”. AP website

* Timeline summaries at the top of the page come from a variety of sources:, including The American Journal of Managed Care COVID-19 Timeline (https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-timeline-of-covid19-developments-in-2020), the Just Security Group at the NYU School of Law (https://www.justsecurity.org/69650/timeline-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-u-s-response/), the “10 Things,” daily entries from The Week (theweek.com), as well as a variety of newspapers and television programs.

Tuesday, January 14

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